Garrett Wasny, MA, CMC, CITP: Biography

Short Bio: Garrett Wasny

Garrett Wasny, MA, CMC (Certified Management Consultant), CITP (Certified International Trade Professional) is an award-winning speaker, professional development consultant, author, columnist, video producer and motion graphics artist in Vancouver, Canada (and former Price Waterhouse management consultant in Winnipeg). He’s authored three books, five e-books, 100+ published articles, and developed and delivered 600+ professional development events to hundreds of organizations in North America and Europe.

His clients include the Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta, Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba, Certified General Accountants of British Columbia, Certified General Accountants of Alberta, Association of Women in Finance, CPE Link, Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants, Florida Institute of CPAs, Indiana CPA Society, Public Accountants Association of Kansas, Utah Association of Certified Public Accountants, Accountants Society of Virginia, and Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants.

Long Bio:

Garrett Wasny, MA, CMC (Certified Management Consultant), CITP (Certified International Trade Professional) is an award-winning speaker, professional development consultant, author, columnist, video producer and motion graphics artist in Vancouver, Canada (and former Price Waterhouse management consultant in Winnipeg). He’s authored three books, five e-books, 100+ published articles, and developed and delivered 600+ professional development events to hundreds of organizations in North America and Europe.

Garrett is the author of two books, World Business Resources.com (published by McGraw-Hill in New York) and How to Conquer the World (published by Government Institutes in Washington, D.C.), and co-author of Using the Web to Compete in a Global Marketplace (published by John Wiley and Sons in New York). He has written five ebooks including How 9/11 Changes Global Business, Cyber-Prospecting: Mining For Business Opportunities on the Internet, Key E-Trade Tools to Succeed in International Business, and Advanced Internet Research Techniques For Management Consultants.

Garrett has published more than 100 articles on Internet topics for scores of media outlets. These include NBC News Chicago, the Financial Post, Business in Vancouver, Backbone, World Trade, Trade and Commerce, Access Americas, Pacific Coast Trade, Global Production, Expansion Management, Knight Ridder Tribune Information, Business and the Law, Tom Peters On Achieving Excellence, San Francisco Examiner, Cincinnati Enquirer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Oportunidad Canada-Mexico, Winnipeg Free Press, Manitoba Business, Canada West Foundation, Vancouver Province, Vancouver View, Long Beach Magazine, and Mashable.

Since 1995, Garrett has developed and delivered more than 600 multimedia seminars on the Internet to hundreds of private and public sector organizations across North America and Europe.

PAST CLIENTS

• Institute of Chartered Accountants of British Columbia

• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Alberta

• Institute of Chartered Accountants of Manitoba

• Association of Women in Finance

• Certified General Accountants of British Columbia

• Certified General Accountants of Alberta

• CPELink

• Arizona Society of Certified Public Accountants

• Florida Institute of CPAs

• Indiana CPA Society

• Public Accountants Association of Kansas

• Utah Association of Certified Public Accountants

• Accountants Society of Virginia

• Wisconsin Institute of Certified Public Accountants

• Canadian Association of Management Consultants

• British Columbia Human Resources Management Association

• Association of UBC Administration and Professional Staff

• Invest Kelowna Economic Development Commission

• Enterprise Fredericton

• Davis LLP

• Canadian Council for Small Business and Entrepreneurship

• Canadian Association of Independent Schools

• Hawaii Tropical Flower Council

• North American Farmers Direct Marketing Association (NAFDMA)

• North American Small Business International Trade Educators (NASBITE)

• American Electronics Association

• Center for International Trade

• California-Mexico Trade Association Center

• Los Angeles Trade Tech

• Milwaukee World Trade Association

• Trade Compass

• Internet World New York

• Internet World Chicago

• Internet World Oslo

• Sauder School of Business

• New Brunswick Wood Products Group

• Forum For International Trade Training (FITT)

• Women’s Enterprise Society

• British Columbia Institute of Technology

• Farm Credit Corporation

• Vancouver Board of Trade

• Vancouver Economic Development Commission

• e-Business Commerce Centre

(and hundreds more …)

Garrett’s other interests include real estate development, motion graphics (he develops visuals for Simon Winthrop, a Las Vegas magician), running, cycling and magic.